17 September 2002: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Tuesday, September 17, 2002 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 166,299,840 breaths and experienced over 950,284,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 201,935,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 22 years, 7 months, and 1 day

📅 You were born on a Tuesday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Z

🐎 Born in → The Year of the Horse

😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?💤 Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 2,750 days of your life or 7.53 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Spider-Man

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Dilemma" by Nelly (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Tiësto followed by Sasha and John Digweed according to DJ Mag.

♍ September 17 zodiac sign is Virgo ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.

🔢 Your life path number is 3 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.

🪐 Your ruling planet is Mercury ☿

🪨 Your birthstone is Sapphire ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be “inherited” by the person born in that particular month.

🌷 The birth flower for September is Aster/Myosotis ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.

📅 Your lucky day → Wednesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Bear

⭐ Celebrities born on September 17th

1939

Joseph Mosikili, American-born South African broadway actor and singer

1968

Suzy Cote, American actress (Samantha in Guiding Light)

1984

Eugenia Volodina, Russian supermodel

1964

Christian Conrad, American actor (Charley Hannah, High Mountain Rangers)

1960

Kevin Clash, American puppeteer (Sesame Street, 1984-2012 "Elmo")

2001

India Amarteifio, English actress (Queen Charlotte)

1973

Ada Choi, Hong Kong actress (Emperesses in the Palace)

1940

Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (Zorba the Greek)

At the age of 46, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2002 with $52.8 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $35 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

642

Arab forces under Amr ibn al-'As conquer Alexandria.

1683

Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is the first to report the existence of bacteria.

1862

Battle of Antietam [Battle of Sharpsburg], bloodiest day in the American Civil War: 22,000 dead, wounded or missing in first battle on Union soil.

1900

Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed.

1916

The Red Baron [Manfred von Richthofen], WWI flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.

1978

Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Camp David Accords, frameworks for peace in the Middle East and between Egypt and Israel.

🎄 Holidays on September 17

National Arielle K. Sterrett Day

National Arielle K. Sterrett Day, celebrated on September 17, honors the memory of a kind-hearted girl who, although she lived only a short time, made a big impact through her generosity and involvement in charity work.

National Pet Carbon Monoxide (CO) Safety Day

National Pet Carbon Monoxide (CO) Safety Day, observed on September 17th, is a day to learn how to protect pets from the invisible, odorless, but deadly gas, carbon monoxide, that can poison them without anyone noticing.

National Monte Cristo Day

National Monte Cristo Day, celebrated on September 17th, is a day when people enjoy a special sandwich that's like a French toast version of a ham and cheese, originally inspired by a French dish from 1910.

🏆 Sports in 2002

🏒 NHL

Detroit Red Wings defeated Carolina Hurricanes (4 - 1) to win the 2002 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams (20 - 17) to win Super Bowl XXXVI on February 3, 2002 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

Anaheim Angels beat San Francisco Giants (4 - 3) to win the 2002 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2002 US Open Championships, Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi (6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Venus Williams (6-4, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

September 17, 2002 can be written as IX-XVII-MMII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for September 17, 2002
→ Day Index: 260th day of 2002
→ Day of week: Tuesday
→ Week Index: 3rd Tuesday of 2002
→ Next same calendar year: 2030
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 23 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 11,878,714 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 2,750 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 90 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 7.53 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 280 🌔
→ Life path number: 3
→ Zodiac sign: Virgo ♍
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
→ Birth flower: Aster/Myosotis
→ Birthstone: Sapphire
→ Spirit Animal: Bear
→ Power Color: Brown
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2002: 6,302,149,639 Source: un.org

The 2002 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2030. So, mark your calendars!

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